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If the disparity between the classes continues to grow,



Um, in case you haven't been watching the news, there's a recession going on right now.

Recessions are the great equalizer, greatly narrowing the rich/poor gap, and this recession has been especially hard on the rich.

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Modern America has not yet seen a truly desperate society, including the 1920's depression.



Really? The 1930's (not 1920's) weren't desperate? Have you spent time talking to anyone who lived through it? Both of my parents grew up in the Great Depression and I think you greatly underestimate the difficulties then.
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